Samuel Johnson Woolf

Woolf, Samuel Johnson.

Portrait and Figure Painter.  Born February 12, 1880, New York City. Son of Albert Edward Woolf and Rosamund Wimpfheimer. Graduate, 1899, College City of New York, and studied at Art Students League. Pupil of Kenyon Cox and George DeForrest Brush. Awarded Hallgarten prize National Academy of Design, 1904; represented at exhibitions in National Academy of Design, New York; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Society of American Artists; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg; and St. Louis Exposition. Works: Portraits of William J. Lemoyne; Jonathan Scott Hartley; Professor Solomon Woolf; Subject pictures: Finale; Idle Hours; The Chemist; The Story of Christmas; Girl with Violets. Residence: 832 West End Av. Studio: 139 West 55th, New York

Born in New York City into a family long active in the arts, Woolf was a portrait artist and printmaker. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under Kenyon Cox and George deForest Brush. He is best known for his portraits, some commissioned by Collier's magazine, and others paired with interviews that appeared in The New York Times in the 1920s. Wolf served as an artist-correspondent during both World Wars I and II. His work was widely exhibited and resides in the permanent collections of numerous public and private institutions. He died at New York City.

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